This is where I am losing the trail. The Laws of Hawaii mandate that any documentation used by an official in reaching a decision, or taking an action, is to be made available to ANY CITIZEN who asks.
Fukino announced to the world that Obama was “A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, and born in Hawaii,” and that she had seen the documentation.
According to the way I read the Information Statute, that makes all of the documentation available upon request.
The privacy statutes are also pretty explicit as to who can get access to what, but a subpoena has always been the easiest way to release whatever Hawaii has and a congressional subpoena from any House Committee Chairperson could do the trick.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrs2006/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0018.HTM
Back in 2009, Phil from the Right Side of Life made the following request:
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing to you today to find out information regarding the transaction that occurred on or about June 6, 2007 to procure Mr. Obama’s certification of live birth. Through much of the Internet-based discussion on his alleged ineligibility for the office of the presidency, I was not able to locate any information on the official transaction that produced the COLB.
Is this information publicly available? If yes, what is the process by which I would need to go about obtaining this information? Is there a form that I would need to submit to retrieve this information?
I am only interested in the details of the transaction concerning whomever requested Mr. Obama’s certification of live birth.
Thank you ahead of time for any information that you can provide.
Sincerely,
-Phil
Concerned Citizen from the great State of Georgia
He received the following answer the same day:
This is not public information.
Aloha,
kd
Vital Statistics
Office of Health Status Monitoring
Hawai’i Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
http://www.therightsideoflife.com/2009/07/13/certifigate-if-its-not-a-fraud-how-do-we-really-know/
I have posed this question to others and would like your answer. Chiyome Fukino testified as follows:
For more than a year, the Department of Health has continued to receive approximately 50 e-mail inquiries a month seeking access to President Barack Obama’s birth certificate in spite of the fact that President Obama has posted a copy of the certificate on his former campaign website.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/Testimony/SB2937_SD1_TESTIMONY_JUD_03-16-10_1_.pdf
Why was Phil’s question not answered due to privacy if Dr. Fukino herself has stated that the “birth certficate” was posted? She is vouching for the accuracy of the web site image. The person requesting the information would have been Obama himself. Why is the receipt being protected?